Devils Right Hand chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice


SONG: The Devil's Right Hand
BAND: Steve Earle
ALBUM: Copperhead Road (1988)


E MajorE
'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war
 E MajorE                 BB
I saw my first pistol in the general store
    BB
In the general store, I was thirteen
 BB                 E MajorE
I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen
E MajorE
Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up
                     BB
Mama dropped a dozen eggs and really blew up
  BB
She really blew up, I didn't understand
BB              E MajorE
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

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  A augmentedA
The devil's right hand
  E MajorE    A augmentedA   E MajorE
The devil's right hand
BB              E MajorE
Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.

My very first pistol was a cap and ball colt.
Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she'd load a might slow.
Load a might slow. I soon found out it'll
Get you into trouble,but it can't get you out.
So then I went and bought myself a colt 45.
It was called a peace maker, but i never knew why.
Never knew why, I didn't understand.
Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand.

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    F#F#
Well I got into a card game in a company town
F#F#                     C#C#
Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down
 C#C#
I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall
C#C#                F#F#
Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw
  F#F#
The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed
   F#F#                  C#C#
They asked me how i pleaded, not guilty I said
  C#C#
Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man
C#C#                 F#F#
Nothin touched the trigger but the devils right hand

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